RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2010:0842)

high Nessus Plugin ID 50629

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kernel.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0842 advisory.

- kernel: drm ioctls infoleak (CVE-2010-2803)

- kernel: wireless: fix 64K kernel heap content leak via ioctl (CVE-2010-2955)

- kernel: arbitrary kernel memory write via i915 GEM ioctl (CVE-2010-2962)

- kernel: ftrace NULL ptr deref (CVE-2010-3079)

- kernel: 64-bit Compatibility Mode Stack Pointer Underflow (CVE-2010-3081)

- kernel: niu: buffer overflow for ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL (CVE-2010-3084)

- kernel: IA32 System Call Entry Point Vulnerability (CVE-2010-3301)

- kernel: sctp: do not reset the packet during sctp_packet_config (CVE-2010-3432)

- kernel: pktcdvd ioctl dev_minor missing range check (CVE-2010-3437)

- kernel: prevent heap corruption in snd_ctl_new() (CVE-2010-3442)

- kvm: invalid selector in fs/gs causes kernel panic (CVE-2010-3698)

- kernel: sctp memory corruption in HMAC handling (CVE-2010-3705)

- kernel: RDS sockets local privilege escalation (CVE-2010-3904)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL kernel package based on the guidance in RHSA-2010:0842.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 50629

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0842.nasl

Version: 1.43

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/18/2010

Updated: 4/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3705

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3081

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-firmware, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-bootwrapper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2010

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/2/2023

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) rds_page_copy_user Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2803, CVE-2010-2955, CVE-2010-2962, CVE-2010-3079, CVE-2010-3081, CVE-2010-3084, CVE-2010-3301, CVE-2010-3432, CVE-2010-3437, CVE-2010-3442, CVE-2010-3698, CVE-2010-3705, CVE-2010-3904

BID: 42577, 42885, 43098, 43239, 43355, 43480, 43551, 43684, 43701, 43787, 44067, 44219, 44500

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2010:0842

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